Digital crimes
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 07:52
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
Cases of internet fraud, theft and sabotage are increasing exponentially. Big and small firms, governments and individuals have all been targeted. Such crimes need to be rolled back at all...
I rest my case
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 07:01
Last update: about 6 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
The gutsy decision recently taken on 10th June 2021 by the Broadcasting Authority (BA) in favour of a complaint (as per code 350.06) Peppi Azzopardi and myself submitted, is probably a landmark...
Continuing list of Greys
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 06:59
Last update: about 6 years ago
Peter Agius
Malta’s grey-listing by the FATF sent shockwaves through society at all levels in Malta. From the estate agent to the grocery store, from the gaming company employee to the accounting...
Trust in persons
Monday, 28 June 2021, 07:46
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
To retain international trust, beyond a robust regulatory framework, you also need to have a credible line-up of trusted personnel to implement it. Here, Malta stood to lose out in the analysis...
Shameful – no other word
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 11:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Charles Flores
The shameful decision by the FATF, for long purported to have been infiltrated, like many other international bodies, by hibernating masonic bugs, to greylist Malta should open many people’s...
Grey listing: after years of zero enforcement on money laundering
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 09:59
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The grey listing announced earlier during the week as a result of a decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is definitely not fair on the Maltese people. The grey list is...
Les jeux sont faits
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 08:42
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
So the prime minister pulled what strings he could, so did the foreign minister while the finance minister, perhaps the only uncompromised of them all, worked harder than them all (and showed how...
Some shortcomings
Saturday, 26 June 2021, 06:45
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation...
Malta will keep succeeding
Friday, 25 June 2021, 06:52
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The Financial Action Task Force’s decision to place Malta under monitoring was very unjust and very undeserved. It was unjust and undeserved because as recently as last May we...
Awake at last
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant
They remind me of Rip van Winkle, the character created by American author Washington Irving, who dropped into a long sleep that lasted years while walking through a forest. On waking up and going...